Observation by Nick James: 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann outburst

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2021 Oct 02 - 00:24

Uploaded

2021 Oct 02 - 04:22

Objects

29P Schwassmann-Wachmann

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 04^h57^m
Dec: +31°54'
Position angle: +1°25'

Field size

0°13' × 0°09'

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

40x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

29P

Title

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann outburst

About this image

The comet is 825 million km away so one arcsec corresponds to around 4,000 km. The coma is now around 45 arcsec across, so around 180,000 km diameter, which is a quite a bit bigger than Jupiter. Two days ago it was around 32 arcsec diameter, or 128,000 km, so it is expanding at around 150 m/s. The structures shown in the radial gradient filter match up with those visible in a much larger telescope (see here). This is a great opportunity to follow the coma evolution after a major outburst.

Files associated with this observation

29p_20211002_002407_ndj.jpg (1.0 MB)

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